UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLOGICA DE HONDURAS

English III

Modulo # _9_

I. Datos Generales
Nombre de la Asignatura: _English III_____Código: __INE206____
Unidades valorativas: 4 Duración del Modulo: 10 días

Overview:
 The Focus of this unit is describing places where people live.

Vocabulary: Personal Best A2 Book

Amazing Home and Big Apple:

cheap clean dirty comfortabl expensive

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heavy light modern narrow noisy

quiet traditional uncomfortabl wide dark

e

Apartment bridge cathedral Concert library

building hall

square stadium theater park skycraper

monument mosque Office interesting busy

building

Specific Objectives:

1. The students will be able to discuss about New York City

2. The students will be able to describe beautiful places
3. The students will be able to discuss traditional an unusual home.
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Skills to develop:
 Practice the correct use of modifiers
 Practice correct use of adjectives to describe the places

Brief Description of the Forum:

After reading the material, the student will be able to participate in the
discussion forum and practice the reading segments of conversations use it
in conversation form in the forum.

Brief Description of Activities:

The student will practice conversations using the vocabulary and adjectives
learned.

Homework Description:
Workbook Activities from your Textbook Personal Best Level A2- Unit 6 using
the Richmond Learning Platform by doing practice exercises of skills / self-
study and assignments.

II. Content:
Amazing Home / The big Apple / Beautiful Places
Language:
- modifiers
- adjectives that describe places
- describe unusual home
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Content Development:

What Are Modifiers?

A modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that modifies—that is, gives information

about—another word in the same sentence. For example, in the following
sentence, the word burger is modified by the word vegetarian:

Example: I'm going to the Saturn Café for a vegetarian burger.

 The modifier vegetarian gives extra information about what kind of

burger it is.

A modifier can be an adjective (a word that modifies a noun, like burger), but it
can also be an adverb (a word that modifies a verb):

Example: The student carefully proofread her draft.

 The adverb carefully is the modifier in this example—it modifies the

verb proofread, giving important details about how the proofreading was
conducted.

A modifier can even be a phrase or clause, as in the following example:

Example: She studied in the library.

 Here, the phrase in the library gives us extra information about the
verb, studied.

A working definition for the word “modify” is to change or to alter something.

This definition is the same when considering the purpose of modifiers within a
sentence.

A modifier changes, clarifies, qualifies, or limits a particular word in a sentence

in order to add emphasis, explanation, or detail. Modifiers tend to be descriptive
words, such as adjectives and adverbs. Modifier phrases, such as adjective
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clauses and adverbial phrases, also exist and tend to describe adjectives and
adverbs.

To illustrate the power of modifiers, consider the following simple sentence:

Sarah was a sure fit for junior prom queen.

Now consider the same sentence with multiple modifiers added:

The blonde girl named Sarah, who was a foreign exchange student from
England, quickly climbed the ladder of popularity during her junior year, smiling
her way through cheerleading and an ASB presidency term she inched near the
top and was a sure fit as junior prom queen.

Misplaced Modifiers

When a modifier is ambiguously or illogically modifying a word, we consider it

a misplaced modifier.

Example: Dolger discovered an ancient Mayan civilization using

astronavigation.

 The modifier, using astronavigation, is unclear in this sentence.

Does it modify Dolger or civilization? A reader will wonder, "Was
Dolger using astronavigation? Or was the civilization he
discovered using astronavigation?"

Revision 1: Using astronavigation, Dolger discovered an ancient Mayan

civilization.

 This modifier placement makes it clear that Dolger is the one

using astronavigation.

Revision 2: Dolger discovered an ancient Mayan civilization that used

astronavigation.
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 This modifier placement makes it clear that the civilization used

astronavigation.

One of the most common problems is where to place them. Specifically,

modifiers can cause confusion or unintentional humor in a sentence when they
are placed too far from the noun they are modifying. For example, consider the
following sentence:

They bought a car for my sister they call Pumpkin.

In this sentence, Pumpkin is the car’s name, not the sister’s, but this isn’t clear.
This confusion and unintentional humor is the result of a misplaced modifier. To
correct this error, move the modifier closer to the noun it modifies:

They bought a car they call Pumpkin for my sister.

Limiting Modifiers Limiting modifiers such as only and always enforce

restrictions on the subject, noun, or pronoun they immediately precede. The
following is a list of other common limiting modifiers:

 Just

 Almost

 Hardly

 At first

 Simply

If a limiting modifier does not precede the subject or noun, the meaning of an
entire sentence can change. Notice the difference in the following sentences:

Only Jessica wants pizza.

This sentence implies that Jessica is the only person who wants pizza.
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Jessica wants pizza only .

On the other hand, the sentence above indicates that Jessica wants pizza and
nothing else.

The best way to ensure that a limited modifier is used right in a sentence is to
consider the meaning that is to be conveyed and ensure the subject or noun
associated with that meaning is placed as close as possible to the limited
modifier.

Dangling Modifiers

Example: After consulting a selection of current publications, research

in this area has been sparse.

 In this example, it is not clear who is consulting the selection of current

publications. In other words, there is no referent in the sentence.

Revision 1: After consulting a selection of current publications,

I determined that the research in this area has been sparse.

 Now the subject in the sentence “I” matches the modifier “after
consulting a selection of current publications.”

Revision 2: According to the selection of current publications,

research in this area has been sparse.

 Now the modifier “according to the selection of current publications”

matches the subject “research.”

Describing Places:
Questions:
 What is the city like?
 What is there to see and do?
 Where is it?
 Which city/ town/ village is it?
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Useful Expressions:

 It´s popular with tourist because….

 A popular tourist attraction is …..
 The good thing about this place is ……
 What I don´t like about it is …..
 It´s far away from…
 It´s located in …..
 It´s close to ……
 The atmosphere is ….
 The views are …..
 It´s possible to….
 It´s well known for …..
 You shouldn´t miss …..

Some City Adjectives:

City: active, bustling, noisy, busy, clean, dirty, windy

Traffic: loud, congested, snarled

Buildings: old, shabby, rundown, crumbling, modern, futuristic, sleek,

towering, squat

Buildings (walls): brick, stone, marble, glass, steel, graffiti-covered

Monuments, statues: stone, copper, carved, ancient, moss-covered, faded,

green, bronze

Sidewalk: concrete, cement, slick, cracked, tidy, littered, swept

Paint: fresh, weathered, peeling

Signs: neon, weathered, worn, bright, welcoming, flashing

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Buses, cars, taxis: belching, crawling, speeding, honking, waiting, screeching

People: hurried, bundled, smiling, frowning, eager, rushed

Describe New York City is a

topic where you will find many
important details and
information about New York City
in terms of location, space and
population, and we will also
learn about tourism, economy
and other things in New York City. All of this information will be found here in
“Describe New York City”.
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Describe New York City

New York City is one of the most important economic and tourist cities in the
world and is a great attraction for tourists of all nationalities. Here we will learn
about New York City in “Describe New York City”.

New York City

New York City is one of the US cities that is located south of the United States
of America, the economic capital of the United States of America.

It is the largest city in the states with an area of 1,213.4 km², with a population
of 50,666,542 million. The city has a distinct geographical location, good
transport infrastructure.

It is divided administratively into five neighborhoods: Staten Island, Queens,

Brooklyn, Manhattan and The Bronx. The city was founded in 1624 by settlers
from the Dutch Republic.

Description of New York City

The city is one of the largest centers of communication in the state of America,
and one of the largest gates to receive immigration in America, and the largest
centers of trade, industry, finance.

Bibliografía
1. Textbook: Personal Best Level 2B , Editorial Richmond.
2. Diccionario de Ingles / Español o www.dictionary.com
3. Laboratorio de Idiomas - Personal Best: https://richmondlp.com